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Former NFL quarterback and part-owner of Birmingham City Tom Brady had an incredibly busy 48 hours. 

Brady provided color commentary for Sunday’s Dallas Cowboys vs. New Orleans Saints game and then flew across the pond to be present for the Birmingham vs. Wrexham contest on Monday.

While Brady has been given a warm welcome to the broadcast booth for NFL games, he was jeered heavily by the traveling Wrexham faithful at St. Andrew’s.

Wrexham fans could be heard yelling “who the f*cking hell are you?” as Brady made his way around the grounds.

New U.S. men’s national team head coach, Mauricio Pochettino, held his first press conference since being officially announced into the USMNT’s bench on Tuesday.

FC Rapid Bucuresti in Romania’s SuperLiga might have the weirdest reveal video for a new signing we’ve ever seen. Former U.S. President Bill Clinton appearing in a signing announcement for a Romanian team is the last thing we expected.

The club landed 31-year-old Cameroon forward Clinton N’Jie from Turkish side Sivasspor on Wednesday. According to the reveal video he is “the real Clinton.”

Bill Clinton soccer transfer video

This season the UEFA Champions League is bigger than ever before (literally) as a new format will see eight games per club and a total of 36 teams competing. 

American soccer fans know all too well the struggles of trying to watch games in the middle of the day on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. We at The18 are fortunate enough to spectate Champions League games, but we know others don’t have that privilege.

The best we can do is provide these seven excuses/hacks to watch the big games while on the clock in the office this season.

United States women’s national team midfielder Sam Coffey needs to be the face of Squishmallow already. The Portland Thorns star shared that she has received a custom gold-medal Squishmallow following the USWNT’s victory in the Summer Games.

Coffey posted to her Instagram story on Wednesday that a family-friend stitched a gold medal onto the popular stuffed toy that comes in a variety of animal, foods and more. Her Squishmallow was a beet and the card said, “Way to ‘beet’ everybody.”

Sam Coffey Squishmallow story

Goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale has signed for Southampton on a four-year contract from Arsenal, both Premier League clubs said on Friday.

The financial details of the transfer were not disclosed, but British media said the deal was worth about $32.95 million.

Aaron Ramsdale Hagrid signing

The United States women’s national team waited 12 years to reclaim gold at the Olympics. Lynn Williams only needed one night to break the sought-after prize.

USWNT veteran forward Williams hilariously broke her gold medal while partying the night of the gold medal triumph. Pictures and stories were shared of Williams swinging her medal above her head before a picture of the ribbon and medal dethatched.

Cristiano Ronaldo looks to have a second career lined up after he retires from soccer. The Portuguese star launched a YouTube channel on Wednesday and has already gained over 4 million subscribers in a few hours.

The YouTube launch was clearly planned out as CR7 posted 18 videos on his account Wednesday. The videos range from game shows with his wife Georgina Rodríguez, rating his goals, free kick challenges and more.

Whoever is directing his videos clearly knows a thing or two about YouTube as the videos have high quality footage and editing.

Fans in Peru just witnessed perhaps the most bizarre and hilarious red card you’ve ever seen.

During the national cup match between Atletico Awajun and Cantorcillo FC, Awajun player Sebastian Muñoz was sent off for ‘relieving himself’ on the pitch in one of the strangers moments of the year. Well, he had the decency to turn around, at least.

Watch: Player in Peru gets sent off for urinating on the pitch